Glare guard for windshields for automobiles, etc.



- W. 0. PICKARD.I

GLARE GUARD FOR WINDSHIELDS FOR AUTOMOBILES, ETC

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1921.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

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W. D. PICKARD.

GLARE GUARD FOR WINDSHIELDS FOR AUTOMOBILES, ETC. APPLICATION HLED APR.25,1921.

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sirn s wmronnj n. PIG'KARD, or ORMAN, oxnnnoilm- Speciflcati on of Letters latent. Patgfltd Aug, 1922,

Application filed A ril 25, 1921. Serial No. 464,177.-

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, WVmronn D. Ploimnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Norman, in the county of Cleveland and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and I changing or accordingly accommodating the attaching-clamps.

The invention has for its object chiefly to serve as a guard in connection with a windshield, to serve as a septum or baffle to intercept a glaring action due to light-rays striking the glass-member of the wind-shield, also to guard against the otherwise view-obstructing action of rain or water striking the glass-shield during a rain or snow storm.

A further object is to greatly simplify construction and lessen the number of parts and to facilitate and expedite the carrying out of the aforesaid purposes.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the construction and arrangement of the invention.

The invention consists therefore of the various instrumentalities and features of construction substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed and defined by the appended claim. v

The accompanying drawingillu's trates the preferred embodiment of my invention or one form thereof wherein it will be understood that various changes and modifications as relate to the detailed construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as when not required for use.

Figure 1 is a' section taken on the line 1 1 of Figure 1.

Figure Qis-a similar view as Figure 1, showing the device principally in dotted line position as for instance when folded up out ofusea" Figures 3,4,5, 6, 7,8, and 9, are sundry detail views of individual elements of my guard.

' As characteristic features of my invention, I employ a frame 1 adapted to be arranged just in front of *theordinary wind-shield and comprising a longitudinal" member terminating in .end transverse members pivotally supported upon the front of the cab 2 of the car. This pivotal connection is effected preferably by means of studs or pivots 3 projecting from the transverse end members of said frame 1 and received by or bearing in apertured projections or studs 8) projecting from the car-cab.

Suitably secured to the car or its cab, upon the under side of its roof or top, is a longitudinal strip or base member 4:, and to this member or strip and the frame 1 are connected tog 'le-like jointed members or links 5 and 6. i ach link or member 5 is pivoted at one end, as at 5, to a U-shaped keeper 5" connected by bolts 5 to the strip or base member 4, the member 4 being positioned sufficiently back of the projecting or overhanging edge of the cab-top to provide for taking the attachment thereunder out of the way, as seen in dotted lines in Figure 2, as

member 5 has its opposite end pivoted as at 5 to the link or member 6, at any one of a plurality of perforations 7 therein, providing for the adjustability of the attachment as requirements may call for according to the type of vehicle upon which it may be desired to use it. The link or member 6 is of substantially elongated U-shape in transverse section as shown, thus providing for effecting connection of the link or member 5 interiorly therewith so as to permit it to fold thereinto, particularly as seen in Figure 5, as required in compactly folding the device for the purpose above indicated. The link or member 6 has its inner end pivoted as at 8 to a stud 8 suitably connected to the frame 1 as shown.

In Figures 6 and 7 are disclosed (on enlarged scale) the securing bolts 5 and U- The link or shapedlzeep-ers for connecting the links 5 to the member 4. v

The frame-Work, the resultant of the aforesaid arrangement of elements, has suitv ably applied thereto a Water-proof covering 10, completing. the formation of the guard or protector, Which coverin is adapted to be stretched tightly in position upon said frame-Work When said elements have been d1sposed 1n extended pos t on, wh ch, 1t is apparent, Wlll serve as a protector or guard against a glaring action, or rain and snow reaching the Wind-shield.

, Aspreviouslystated the guard, as above described, is an accessory or auxiliary for Wind-shields used upon the motor-typevo'f vehicles and is adapted to provide against Patent of the United States:

A wind-shield for automobiles, comprising a hood-equipped, foldable orcollapsible and extensible frame, Whose lateral or side-portions are each formed of a pluralityvof pivoted-together.linlpmembers, the upper ends of the uppermost link-members having pivotal connection With theautomobile, at its top-forward edge, intermediate link-members being proximately U-shaped, the resultant channels formed thereby receiving and providingfor pivoting therein of other of the link-members, whose inner ends are pivotally connected to the lower ends ofthe uppermost link-members, said intermediate links being mutually adjustable with re ,spect to each other for shortening and lengthening the shield appliance.v

In testimony'whereof I afliX' my signature,

WINF ORD D'. PICKARD. i 

